JOINT POWERS BOARD MOVES FORWARD
November 17, 2009
The Big Horn Basin Nature & Discovery Center Joint Powers Board has appointed the following individuals to the board and to act as officers:
* Frank Manning (chairman), Hot Springs County Commissioner
* Toni Casciato (vice-chairman), council member, Town of Thermopolis
* Vicki Herron (secretary), former Bureau of Land Management wildlife
biologist from Cheyenne
* Ann Hardesty (treasurer), former member, Thermopolis Town Council
* Tom Anderson (member-at-large), petroleum geologist, CEO of Gas
Ventures, LLC, Thermopolis
Members of the Joint Powers Board must reside in the Town of Thermopolis or Hot Springs County.
All legal documents have been filed with the Wyoming State Attorney General’s office.
Next steps:
November - The Joint Powers Board will meet with representatives of Hot Springs Greater Learning Foundation, Hot Springs State Park and Wyoming State Parks & Cultural Resources to discuss a state park lease.
December - Report to the Wyoming State Legislative bodies.
JOINT POWERS BOARD AGREEMENT SIGNED
September 2, 2009
The Thermopolis Town Council and Hot Springs County Commission have signed a joint powers board agreement, creating the Big Horn Basin Nature & Discovery Center Joint Powers Board. The agreement was created with the help of the two entities and the Wyoming State Attorney General’s office.
It has now gone to the State Attorney General’s office for final approval.
The next step is to put together the lease arrangement with Wyoming State Parks & Cultural Resources for a parcel of land in Hot Springs State Park.
The joint powers board and lease arrangements are needed in order for the state to release funding appropriated by the state legislature earlier this year.
